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Holy Spirit

Also called Spirits, Comforter, Holy Ghost

Mentioned in 211 verses across 23 books, first in John 1:32. The verses below are the ones linked to this person (the Theographic dataset, with our sourced corrections), not counting Old Testament verses read as about them.

In the Bible

All 15 verses in John, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.

John

  • John 1:32

    Then John testified, “I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove and resting on Him.

  • John 1:33

    I myself did not know Him, but the One who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘The man on whom you see the Spirit descend and rest is He who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’

  • John 3:5

    Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.

  • John 3:6

    Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit.

  • John 3:8

    The wind blows where it wishes. You hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”

  • John 3:34

    For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.

  • John 4:24

    God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.”

  • John 7:39

    He was speaking about the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were later to receive. For the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.

  • John 14:16

    And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Advocate to be with you forever—

  • John 14:17

    the Spirit of truth. The world cannot receive Him, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him. But you do know Him, for He abides with you and will be in you.

  • John 14:26

    But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have told you.

  • John 15:26

    When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father—He will testify about Me.

  • John 16:7

    But I tell you the truth, it is for your benefit that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you.

  • John 16:13

    However, when the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth. For He will not speak on His own, but He will speak what He hears, and He will declare to you what is to come.

  • John 20:22

    When He had said this, He breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.

Identified with the Holy Spirit in Christian tradition

The Hebrew speaks of the spirit (rûaḥ) of God or of the LORD. Christian tradition identifies it with the Holy Spirit, a person of the Trinity; Jewish tradition reads it as God's own power or presence, not a separate person. These 35 verses are not counted above.

Events

Events the dataset lists Holy Spirit as taking part in. Dates follow its Ussher–Jones reckoning (one of several traditional counts), not established history.

  1. c. 4004 BC
    Creation of all thingsGenesis 1:1–2:3
  2. no date
    The Holy Spirit is promisedActs 1:4–5 · at Olivet
  3. no date
    The Holy Spirit comesActs 2:1–13 · at Jerusalem
  4. c. AD 30
    Peter and John's TrialActs 4:1–22 · at Jerusalem
  5. c. AD 30
    Believers pray for boldnessActs 4:23–31 · at Jerusalem
  6. c. AD 30
    Ananias and Sapphira lie to GodActs 5:1–11 · at Jerusalem
  7. c. AD 30
    Seven chosen to serveActs 6:1–7 · at Jerusalem
  8. c. AD 31
    Philip preaches in SamariaActs 8:4–25 · at Samaria
  9. c. AD 32
    Conversion of Ethiopian EunuchActs 8:26–40 · at Gaza
  10. c. AD 32
    Saul is convertedActs 9:1–19 · at Straight Gate, Damascus
  11. c. AD 38
    Saul proclaims JesusActs 9:20–31 · at Tarsus, Caesarea, Damascus, Jerusalem
  12. c. AD 38
    Peter meets CorneliusActs 10:1–33 · at Joppa, Caesarea

Dictionary

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. The entry is for the name and can describe more than one person who bore it. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.

Read Easton’s entry

The third Person of the adorable Trinity.

His personality is proved (1) from the fact that the attributes of personality, as intelligence and volition, are ascribed to him (John 14:17, 26; 15:26; 1 Cor. 2:10, 11; 12:11). He reproves, helps, glorifies, intercedes (John 16:7-13; Rom. 8:26). (2) He executes the offices peculiar only to a person. The very nature of these offices involves personal distinction (Luke 12:12; Acts 5:32; 15:28; 16:6; 28:25; 1 Cor. 2:13; Heb. 2:4; 3:7; 2 Pet. 1:21).

His divinity is established (1) from the fact that the names of God are ascribed to him (Ex. 17:7; Ps. 95:7; comp. Heb. 3:7-11); and (2) that divine attributes are also ascribed to him, omnipresence (Ps. 139:7; Eph. 2:17, 18; 1 Cor. 12:13); omniscience (1 Cor. 2:10, 11); omnipotence (Luke 1:35; Rom. 8:11); eternity (Heb. 9:4). (3) Creation is ascribed to him (Gen. 1:2; Job 26:13; Ps. 104:30), and the working of miracles (Matt. 12:28; 1 Cor. 12:9-11). (4) Worship is required and ascribed to him (Isa. 6:3; Acts 28:25; Rom. 9:1; Rev. 1:4; Matt. 28:19).

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